Research partners worked with small farmers to build sustainable food production and businesses based on aquaculture and home gardening. The project also educated mothers about nutrition, sanitation and hygiene practices. After two years production increased, incomes rose, and diets diversified. In this expanded project 4,500 women farmers will select what works best for them: backyard vegetable gardens alone; gardens plus fish ponds (to grow nutrient-dense small fish for household consumption and large fish for sale); gardens plus poultry; or gardens plus poultry and fish. The expanded model will include business training and promote stronger linkages between growers and buyers.
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Library has French version: De nouvelles entreprises agricoles améliorent la sécurité alimentaire et les revenus des agricultrices cambodgiennes : profil de projet
This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
